This week, the PGA Tour heads to the Bay Hill Club in Orlando for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Our article will focus onThriveFantasy's player props for Thursday's action in the tournament.

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COURSE OVERVIEW

Bay Hill Golf Club - Par 72, 7,419 yards

Orlando, FL

The first thing you'll notice about this course is water, lots of it. And the water comes into play a lot. Around 200 balls found the water in last year's tournament, so it's easily the most dangerous hazard on the course. To offset those dangers, the course also has four very reachable Par 5s, so being able to take advantage of those holes is paramount. The Par 4s are noticeably more difficult, and many are dogleg holes that require an accurate tee shot You'll see a lot of the pros club down on these holes as a result, which makes the standard approach yardage somewhere between 175-225 yards. Good ball striking from that range is another metric worth considering.

Since it's an invitational, the field is smaller than usual, but there's still a 36-hole cut. Most of the final scores in this tournament have winners scoring anywhere from 11-under to 16-under on average, so low scores are certainly doable. Special attention should be paid to the 2019 and 2018 finishes of our selected players, as this is the kind of course that fits a player's game or doesn't fit at all.

We have no recent course history for Schauffele, but his recent metrics certainly favor the course. While I expect a good score from him, the number of bogeys could still go north of this number, offsetting good performances on the Par 5s.

This is my least favorite O/U to play, and it probably won't be one of my five selections. We are looking at 2019 stats on the table, and Rose has only shown brief flashes of his usual form. I'm going to take the Over.

Fowler, on the other hand, likes how this course fits his game. His finishes here are decent. Could he card a 67? Possibly, but that isn't what we need for this prop. He has four solid birdie opportunities in the Par 5s. He may bogey a few holes but I can see path to five birdies.

Another tough one. His numbers are trending up and he's shown improvement on this course over a two-year span. His Round 1 success isn't where I'd like it to be, though. I think he'll go under par, but 4-under might be a bit of a stretch. Not my favorite play.

PICK: OVER

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Jeff has provided sports content for numerous sports outlets and has played fantasy sports since scores had to be tabulated via newspaper. He started working with RotoWire in 2017. Originally from South Carolina, he's a lifelong Clemson fan now enjoying the sun in Los Angeles.